açúcar

See also: açucar

Portuguese

Alternative forms

açucre (dated or dialectal)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic السُكَّر‎ (as-sukkar), from Persian ‎ (šakar), from Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥‎ (škʿ /šakar/), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā, “ground or candied sugar”), originally "grit, gravel", from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ (“gravel, boulder”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈsu.kɐʁ/ [aˈsu.kɐh]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /aˈsu.kɐɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aˈsu.kɐʁ/ [aˈsu.kɐχ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈsu.kaɻ/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈsu.kaɾ/, /ɐˈsu.kɐɾ/

(Rural Central Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐˈsu.kɐɹ/
Audio (Portugal) (file)
Hyphenation: a‧çú‧car

Noun

açúcar m (plural açúcares)

sugar

Derived terms

açucarzinho (diminutive)

Descendants

→ Kaingang: asuka
→ Papiamentu: suku

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